We asked 17 of our favorite YA authors to help us navigate this year’s crop of brilliant YA books. Here are just a few of their personal must-reads…
Talking about anthologies is forever one of my favorite things, because—especially as their shelf presence grows and you start to see repeat authors—you get to learn which of your favorite novelists have a serious gift for short fiction, too. There are a lot of familiar voices in this season’s anthologies, but what would these collections […]
We all know that representation matters—now more than ever. But the CBC’s latest report on diversity numbers in kid lit and YA shows that while we’re still making strides slowly but surely toward increasing the number of protagonists of color and from other marginalized communities in the books we read, the bottom line is that […]
Gird your wallets, because today is one of those incredibly magical bookish release days that has something for absolutely everyone. Doesn’t matter if you’re craving mindbending thrillers, thoughtful contemporary, bloody horror, or lush fantasy, because it’s alllll on the table today. So get reading!
We’ve got one last full month of summer left, and YA is making sure you’ve got incredible books to enjoy every single day of it. (And if you’ve only got time for quick reads in between dips in the pool or shifts at your summer job, there are several amazing anthologies happy to accommodate you!) […]